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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2012, 10:09 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2012, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082
WWUS82 KFFC 010209
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1009 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
GAZ038-039-050-051-061-062-074>076-010300-
1009 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN WILKES...WASHINGTON...WARREN...TALIAFERRO...OGLETHORPE...
GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM
EDT...
AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PENFIELD TO HEBRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WILKES...WASHINGTON...WARREN...TALIAFERRO...OGLETHORPE...
GLASCOCK...GREENE...HANCOCK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE HEBRON...
DEEPSTEP...SPRINGFIELD...BEULAH...SHOULDERBONE...LINTON...DEVEREUX...
SPARTA...LIBERTY...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...WRAYSWOOD...VEAZEY...
CAREY...PENFIELD AND GRESHAMVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3285 8301 3288 8305 3308 8303 3305 8310
3315 8311 3319 8328 3325 8326 3334 8314
3339 8319 3340 8324 3354 8327 3370 8340
3373 8330 3402 8293 3397 8278 3399 8265
3366 8249 3360 8264 3336 8254 3331 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 225DEG 20KT 3364 8315 3340 8292
3298 8296
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 36 min |
| May 31, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 32 min |
| May 31, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro | 38 min |
| May 31, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 44 min |
| May 31, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam | 48 min |
| May 31, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| May 31, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 39 min |
| May 31, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 27 min |
| May 31, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 43 min |
| May 31, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 49 min |
| May 31, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 64 min |
| May 31, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 44 min |
| May 31, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 44 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.